Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$911,027

Total expenses

$903,703

Contributions and grants received

$910,856

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$170

Other revenue

$1

Total assets, end of year

$1,681,874

Total liabilities, end of year

$129,229

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,552,645

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$671,144

Management and general expenses

$199,091

Fundraising expenses

$33,468

Program service expenses (Part III)

$671,144

Program services were 74.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• CULTURAL ENRICHMENT: The Cultural Enrichment program is both school-based and summer programs for middle school and high school age girls* and gender expansive youth of color. The "school-based" program is a space for participants to learn about themselves, increase pride in their identity and furthermore learn how to navigate the world around them. The curriculum is delivered through group and individual sessions. In-school programming has resumed at Asa Mercer International Middle School, the Powerful Voices office and at various community-based locations. Powerful Choices: 54 middle school youth met weekly over eight weeks to explore their identities, build a community of support, and use arts and culture activities to express and celebrate their unique selves. Our most recent cohort was co-facilitated by a young adult healing justice fellow, a Powerful Voices staff member, and a youth healing justice who helped with developing the curriculum for the cohort and facilitation of the cohort. Black Muslimah Collective (BMC): 6 young people participated in a cohort for Black Muslim girls in the Seattle area to build community, relate to one another, and be authentically themselves. We are so honored to have had our youth intern (former BMC participant) lead this cohort and curate an amazing program curriculum to cultivate community among young Black Muslim girls & women. The Cultural Enrichment programs served 60 youth of color in 2022 (double last year's metrics) through trauma-informed, strengths-based healing and social justice programming, including one-on-one support, cohort programs, and self- and community-care resources.

  Expenses $469,801

• EMPLOYMENT: The Employment program offers both after school and summer programs for high school age girls* and gender expansive youth of color. Our after-school programs are experiential learning internships where participants increase their knowledge of social justice issues that impact them while building transferrable skills they can apply towards their career goals. Activistas: 11 young folks met weekly over 10 weeks. Group learning sessions included topics ranging from Grassroots Organizing 101 to Queer & Trans Liberation to Birth Work as Activism. We partnered with several community organizations and local artists to provide guest workshops and field trips. Activistas explored different forms of activism, learning, and practicing self and community care along the way with support from 5 Adult Allies and a former Activista who interned with us. PV Radio: 10 young folks worked together to create, produce, and host monthly social-justice podcasts. Podcast topics include Social + Healing Justice, Pop Culture, LGBTQ+, Self-Image and Healthy Relationships. Employment programs served 22 youth of color in 2022 (more than 5x last year's metrics).

  Expenses $134,229

• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: Powerful Voices works within the community on issues that impact girls* and gender expansive of color to promote equity and make the world a more just place for everyone. Community Engagement efforts include hosting our annual Revolutionary Community Care Day where we provide self-care items and services to youth and their families, producing the annual Girlvolution Conference led by Activistas youth, providing training on Powerful Voices curriculum and practices, serving on coalitions, and partnering to provide outreach to girls of color detained in King County Juvenile Detention. Due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and limited staff capacity, we temporarily put our work with incarcerated youth on hold. Girlvolution & Revolutionary Community Care: We brought back our annual Girlvolution conference with young folks from our Activistas cohort. Girlvolution included healing justice elements throughout, such as a group healing session that supported six young folks in breathwork and mindfulness meditation, PV Comfort Kits (self-care toolkits) for youth, and a self-care resource station for youth and their families with basic needs and toiletries. The main portion of the conference was youth presenting on an intersectional social justice topic that impacts their mental health and wellbeing and that of their families and communities. Young folks worked over 10 weeks to research and create the presentations that they shared at Girlvolution. Presentation topics included BIPOC youth in foster care, youth incarceration, fast fashion, displacement and gentrification in South Seattle, race and education, Latinx communities and immigration, Black voter suppression, systemic racism, financial security, the anti-colonial revolution of South Asia, and more. Each presentation included a call to action and/or an invitation for the audience to raise their consciousness. Community Engagement programs and events distributed 185 self-care kits, served 9 youth through group healing sessions, worked with 15 volunteers including Adult Allies, and engaged 50 youth and adults at Girlvolution.

  Expenses $67,114

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

7 May 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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